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What is natural and what is man-made? Is there a line between the two? Ecosystems are subjectively defined and nature is one of the most difficult subjects to pin down, yet it offers us incredible insights while ecosystems provide us with vital knowledge about how to live sustainably on the planet.

Wee Wildlife: 13 Amazingly Adorable Baby Animals

A cheetah with a puppy pal, a hippo the size of a cat, a two-toed sloth and a gorilla in diapers are among these 14 adorable newborn animals.

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Open Wider: 12 More Yawning Animals

Sleepy, or just nappy to see me? These 12 more yawning animals prove without a doubt that watching creatures exercise their jaws can be a contagious endeavor.

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Extreme Close-Ups: 16 Mind-Blowing Macro Nature Photos

These amazing macro photographs get up close and personal with bees, damselflies, geckos, jumping spiders, flowers and droplets of water.

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Zoo Snooze: 12 Jaw-Dropping Animal Yawns

Tired of waking up tired? Your weary query is wasted on these 12 sleepy creatures who appear to be wide open to the prospect of a good night's rest.

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Art in the Apiary: Sculptures Made by Bees

Environmental artist Aganetha Dyck has an unlikely collaborator in her sculptures - swarms of bees, which add their honeycomb to her figurines.

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Grin & Bear It: 12 Sweetly Smiling Animals

Just another manic monkey? A surprising number of animals flash smiles from time to time but these 12 smirking critters can really turn a frown upside down!

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Illuminated Nature: Dazzling Light Art in Fields and Forests

Artist Barry Underwood captures stunning nature scenes that he augments with light painting techniques to create surreal, magical photographs.

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The Clockwork Forest: Trees That Play Music

An art installation in the woods of England places giant turnkeys on trees, turning the forest into one big music box.

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Himalaya Water Towers: Artificial Vertical Glaciers

As high mountain glaciers continue to melt away, the Himalaya Water Tower could some day ensure steady supplies of fresh water for future generations.

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Stump Sculptures: 12 Amazing Altered Tree Trunks

The stumps left behind when trees fall can stand as beautiful, natural works of art when sculpted into shapes by chainsaw carvers and other artists.

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'Shrooms With a View: 10 Strange & Beautiful Mushrooms

Deadly or delicious, beautiful or bland, these 10 strange & beautiful mushrooms span the imagination while spanning the globe when it comes to location.

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Above the Rising Seas: 13 Climate Change Concepts

These 13 architectural concepts imagine the ways in which we could adapt to rising seas caused by climate change, like floating cities and artificial islands.

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Real-Life Zombies: 10 Examples of Mind Control in Nature

Zombies aren't just movie monsters - they're real. These 10 examples of zombies in nature include mind-controlled insects and walking corpse syndrome.

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Prickly Puggle: Meet Kai, Perth Zoo's Cute Echidna

The Perth Zoo gives us a look at the spiny yet cute Kai, one of the few short-beaked echidnas that have been successfully bred in captivity.

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Souper Duper! Asia's Artificial Bird's Nest Soup Shacks

Skyrocketing prices of edible nests used to make the Chinese delicacy Bird's Nest Soup have spawned a construction boom of artificial nesting barns.

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